SI ANXIETY

Corrie fave speaks out about his long battle with condition

- JOE CRUTCHLEY

CORRIE'S Simon Gregson has opened up about his 20-year battle with an "awful" anxiety disorder.

The actor who plays Steve McDonald on the ITV soap - told how it can leave his face numb and his heart feeling like it is "coming out his chest".

He revealed doctors even feared he had some form of vertigo before he was eventually diagnosed.

Simon told ITV's Lorraine: "About 2015 it had come to its head, the whole anxiety thing, because I had no idea what it was.